Wyandotte County, KS
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 39.12, -94.76.
Assembled 2026-10-19. Read the brief.
- 40th pct · 1,820th of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 79th pct · 22nd of 105 Kansas counties · median $148,146
- 7th pct · 13th of 14 counties in the Kansas City metro · median $277,202
- 46th pct · 1,644th of 3,062 US counties · median +2.9%
- 32nd pct · 71st of 105 Kansas counties · median +4.1%
- 15th pct · 12th of 14 counties in the Kansas City metro · median +4.2%
- 32nd pct · 914th of 1,358 US counties · median $1,506
- 77th pct · 5th of 19 Kansas counties · median $1,215
- 14th pct · 7th of 8 counties in the Kansas City metro · median $1,574
- 90th pct · 323rd of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 97th pct · 4th of 105 Kansas counties · median 2,554
- 76th pct · 4th of 14 counties in the Kansas City metro · median 15,305
- 88th pct · 382nd of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 98th pct · 3rd of 105 Kansas counties · median $943
- 84th pct · 3rd of 14 counties in the Kansas City metro · median $1,052
- 19th pct · 2,479th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.2
- 43rd pct · 60th of 105 Kansas counties · median 3.0
- 0th pct · 14th of 14 counties in the Kansas City metro · median 5.5
Typical home value divided by the average annual wage of one covered job.
A percentile here is a min-max scaling of average rank: the smallest published value in the cohort is 0 and the largest is 100, and tied values share the average of the ranks they span. It is not the share of entities below the value, so 0 means smallest, not none below. Entities that did not publish the metric are outside the cohort entirely and are counted in neither the rank nor its denominator.
Home values #
Typical home $206,653 (Sep 2026), +2.6% over one year, +32.1% over five
- 40th pct · 1,820th of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 79th pct · 22nd of 105 Kansas counties · median $148,146
- 7th pct · 13th of 14 counties in the Kansas City metro · median $277,202
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Wyandotte County, KS | $206,653 · +2.6% 1-yr |
Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), typical value of homes in the 35th to 65th percentile, smoothed and seasonally adjusted; a model estimate of value, not a sale price. Data through Zillow Research.
Rents #
Typical rent $1,322/mo (Sep 2026), +5.5% over one year; price-to-rent 13.0
- 32nd pct · 914th of 1,358 US counties · median $1,506
- 77th pct · 5th of 19 Kansas counties · median $1,215
- 14th pct · 7th of 8 counties in the Kansas City metro · median $1,574
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Wyandotte County, KS | $1,322/mo · +5.5% 1-yr |
Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), smoothed, all homes and multifamily; price-to-rent = typical home / (typical rent × 12).
What the typical home costs to carry #
Principal and interest of $1,145 a month on $206,653 at 7.40%, against an average weekly wage worth $5,924 a month: 19.3% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $206,653 × 80% = $165,323, r = 7.40%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-15), n = 360 → $1,145/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,367 × 52 / 12 = $5,924) = 19% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $206,653 / ($1,367 × 52) = 2.9
- price-to-rent = $206,653 / ($1,322 × 12) = 13.0
The wage is one covered job’s average, not a household’s income, so this is the share of a single paycheque and not a mortgage underwriting ratio.
Estimate. Principal and interest on the typical home with 20% down over 30 years at this week's Freddie Mac average rate; compared with the average weekly wage of all jobs covered by unemployment insurance in the area (BLS QCEW), which is pay per job, not household income.
Jobs & wages #
91,978 jobs at 4,127 employers (2026 Q1); -2.1% jobs and +2.9% average weekly wage over the year
- 90th pct · 323rd of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 97th pct · 4th of 105 Kansas counties · median 2,554
- 76th pct · 4th of 14 counties in the Kansas City metro · median 15,305
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Wyandotte County, KS | 91,978 jobs · $1,367/wk · -2.1% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health care and social assistance | 16,233 | $1,644 | 1.17 | -1.1% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 11,530 | $1,135 | 2.97 | -3.9% |
| Manufacturing | 10,186 | $1,603 | 1.38 | +0.2% |
| Retail trade | 7,098 | $767 | 0.79 | +0.4% |
| Administrative and waste services | 6,285 | $905 | 1.20 | +4.2% |
| Accommodation and food services | 6,167 | $516 | 0.75 | -6.7% |
| Construction | 5,227 | $1,870 | 1.08 | -11.4% |
| Other services | 1,858 | $1,110 | 0.68 | -1.0% |
| Finance and insurance | 1,674 | $2,469 | 0.45 | +4.3% |
| Professional and technical services | 1,621 | $1,574 | 0.26 | -0.2% |
| Management of companies | 1,443 | $3,224 | 0.94 | -4.1% |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 1,362 | $1,038 | 0.90 | +3.1% |
BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, all ownerships, total covered employment in the quarter's third month; over-the-year changes as published. Suppressed cells stay blank.
Drought #
No drought class at this point (USDM covers the United States only)
Sites found: 5, searched within 0 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 0 km away are not.
US Drought Monitor current week; the highest class of any polygon containing the point.
Reservoirs #
Surface water layer not loaded
Sites found: 0, searched within 150 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 150 km away are not.
Σ(capacity × percent full) / Σ capacity over TWDB reservoirs within 150 km. Texas only; elsewhere USGS reservoir elevation/storage is listed without a capacity to normalise by.
Stream gauges #
Surface water layer not loaded
Sites found: 0, searched within 75 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 75 km away are not.
USGS latest readings screened against EPA freshwater criteria (DO ≥ 5 mg/L, pH 6.5–9, conductance, turbidity, temperature); NWS flood categories where a NWPS gauge is co-located.
Groundwater #
No USGS monitoring wells within 75 km (or above 1,500 km)
Sites found: 0, searched within 75 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 75 km away are not.
USGS latest daily water levels. A single latest reading says where the table is, not which way it is moving; select a well for its 365-day trace.
Water stress #
low (0.00)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.00 / 0.35
Banks & federal dollars #
$2.6 bn in deposits at 37 offices of 19 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 2,407, highly concentrated. $3.1 bn federal obligations in FY2026 (contracts $2.1 bn, direct payments $694.6 m), $33,244 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Security Bank of Kansas City | $1.2 bn · 46.4% share · 8 offices | |
| NBH Bank | $188.0 m · 7.3% share · 3 offices | |
| Union Bank and Trust Company | $181.5 m · 7.0% share · 1 office | |
| Wyandotte, KS | $3.1 bn FY2026 · $33,244/job | |
| ORACLE HEALTH GOVERNMENT SERVICES, INC. | $2.1 bn · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Security Bank of Kansas City | $1,193,700,000 | 46.4% | 8 |
| NBH Bank | $187,985,000 | 7.3% | 3 |
| Union Bank and Trust Company | $181,485,000 | 7.0% | 1 |
| U.S. Bank National Association | $173,793,000 | 6.7% | 4 |
| Bank of America, National Association | $144,552,000 | 5.6% | 2 |
| UMB Bank, National Association | $130,375,000 | 5.1% | 2 |
| Commerce Bank | $107,134,000 | 4.2% | 2 |
| Bank of Labor | $87,646,000 | 3.4% | 2 |
| Oakstar Bank | $64,582,000 | 2.5% | 1 |
| First Federal Bank of Kansas City | $55,634,000 | 2.2% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 2,407 across 19 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 19 banks with deposits in the county = 46.4² + 7.3² + 7.0² + … (16 more) = 2,407
FDIC Summary of Deposits: deposits at every insured office as of June 30, annual; HHI is the sum of squared county deposit shares (DOJ 1995 bank merger screen: 1000 / 1800). USAspending: obligations by place of performance for the latest complete federal fiscal year (Oct 1 to Sep 30), what agencies committed, not what they paid out; recipients are legal entities. Per-job divides obligations by BLS QCEW covered employment.
Federal obligations #
USAspending place-of-performance obligations for FY2026, by awarding agency.
| Awarding agency | Obligations |
|---|---|
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $2,151,188,580 |
| Social Security Administration | $574,631,172 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $130,406,993 |
| Department of Transportation | $73,519,069 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $39,260,495 |
| Department of Commerce | $38,640,000 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $18,558,622 |
| General Services Administration | $10,823,615 |
| Department of Education | $10,570,221 |
| Department of Defense | $3,651,229 |
| Environmental Protection Agency | $2,138,446 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $1,790,273 |
That is $33,244 per covered job, against 91,978 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $3.1 bn / 91,978 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $33,244
USAspending obligations are recorded where the work is performed, so a prime award performed here is counted here even when the recipient is headquartered elsewhere. Recipients are legal entities, never people.
National context, not this county #
These are United States, single-gauge, single-state and port series. None of them is keyed to this county.
| Series | Latest | As of | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi River at Memphis, stage · ft | not published | not published | |
| Mississippi River at St. Louis, stage · ft | not published | not published | |
| Ohio River at Louisville, stage · ft | 17.95 | 2026-10-18 | -2.6% |
| Missouri River at St. Joseph, stage · ft | not published | not published | |
| Colorado River below Hoover Dam, flow (Hoover releases) · ft³/s | 5,170.00 | 2026-02-05 | -25.3% |
| Texas reservoirs, statewide percent full · % | 72.20 | 2026-10-19 | +0.0% |
| Laredo truck crossings, monthly · trucks | 258,700.00 | 2026-08-01 | -0.4% |
| Los Angeles + Long Beach container volume, annual · TEU | 10,513,167.00 | 2023-01-01 | -13.5% |
| Containerships waiting for a berth, all US ports · ships | 7.00 | 2026-10-13 | +133.3% |
| Shanghai to Los Angeles container rate · $ per 40 ft box | 7,848.00 | 2026-09-01 | +14.9% |
| US diesel retail price · $ per gallon | unavailable | not published | |
| WTI crude oil, spot · $ per barrel | 101.91 | 2026-10-14 | +1.0% |
| 30-year fixed mortgage rate · % | 7.40 | 2026-10-15 | +0.0% |
| Housing starts, annual rate · thousands of units | 1,275.00 | 2026-08-01 | -2.6% |
| Building permits, annual rate · thousands of units | 1,403.00 | 2026-08-01 | -2.1% |
| Case-Shiller US home price index · index, Jan 2000 = 100 | 337.31 | 2026-07-01 | +0.1% |
| Unemployment rate · % | 4.20 | 2026-09-01 | +2.4% |
| US goods and services trade balance, monthly · $ millions | -105,572.00 | 2026-08-01 | -13.7% |
| Retail sales excluding food services, monthly · $ millions | 652,115.00 | 2026-09-01 | +0.7% |
The indicator registry has no county-keyed series and no geographic selection: every entry is national, a named gauge, a single state or a port. They are here as the backdrop the county's own numbers move against, and they are never this county's readings.
What changed #
Wyandotte County, KS: 16 findings, 3 at a watch level and 13 noted
watchWyandotte County, KS' covered employment is -2.1% against a year earlier, a watch level here: covered employment below the same quarter a year earlier (BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level). The previous published period is not in this table, so this is a standing level rather than a change.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- test: jobs.yoy.emp = -2.1 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
watchWyandotte County, KS' typical asking rent of $1,322 scores 33 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 78 across Kansas counties, a gap of 45 points.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 45 = |33 across US counties - 78 across Kansas counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
watchWyandotte County, KS' typical home value of $206,653 scores 41 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 80 across Kansas counties, a gap of 39 points.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 39 = |41 across US counties - 80 across Kansas counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteWyandotte County, KS' average weekly wage was 2.9% higher than the same quarter a year earlier in 2026 Q1, on BLS QCEW's published over-the-year change.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- +2.9 % = BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change for 2026 Q1, as published
- the newest QCEW file carries no year-earlier level, so no move from one level to another is printed
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published
noteWyandotte County, KS' covered employment was 2.1% lower than the same quarter a year earlier in 2026 Q1, on BLS QCEW's published over-the-year change.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- -2.1 % = BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change for 2026 Q1, as published
- the newest QCEW file carries no year-earlier level, so no move from one level to another is printed
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published
Read all 12 findings in the full brief
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